Janet Kay - Orchestral Dub Collection

Body Music

£10.08

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: JANETCD3
Barcode: 5024454000572
Release Date: 03 Dec 2021
Genre: Reggae

Janet Kay Bogle, 17 January 1958, London, England. Kay attended Brondesbury High School, Wembley, and later took up secretarial studies, skills to which she has returned at various junctures in her recording career.

Her first recordings came under the aegis of Alton Ellis in 1977. This had been brought about by a chance meeting with members of Aswad that summer, who recommended her to the reggae stalwart.
The first result of the collaboration, ‘Loving You’, topped the reggae charts. In many ways she was the prototype lovers rock singer, with her spirited vocals floating over some of the genre’s most inspired basslines. ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ and ‘I Do Love You’ followed.

However, her breakthrough came with ‘Silly Games’, produced by Dennis Bovell for the Arawak label. It became a huge crossover hit, reaching number 2 in 1979. Kay has returned intermittently to recording, predominantly in the lovers rock style, and has also acted extensively as part of the Black Theatre Co-operative, appearing in several straight acting roles on television. Her work has never lost its popularity with the reggae audience, despite her low profile for much of the 80s and 90s, and she has the talent and personality to be successful on her own terms.

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Tracklist:
1 Almaz In A Dub
2 Fire In Orchestral
3 Closer In A Dub
4 Emotion In Orchestral
5 Kiss A Dub
Computer In Orchestra
7 Let Love Wait In A Dub
8 Show Me In Orchestral
9 Moving In A Dub
10 Good Times In Orchestral
11 Bad Bad In A Dub
12 Fly In Orchestral
13 Remindsa Me In A Dub
14 Imagin In Orchestral
15 Amazing In A Dub
16 Winds In Orchestral
17 Blind In A Dub
18 Love Some Orchestral
19 Let Me Be In A Dub
20 Since I Fell In Orchestral
21 So Good In A Dub

Arranged And Produced:Lloyd Charmers & Fitzroy Sterling
All Tracks Remix At Easy Street Studio London